Learn about fiddleheads' significance in Maine's economy and culture. Explore their history, harvesting, and role as a spring edible.

DUMMERSTON — Ferns are unfurling by the millions across Vermont and Lynn Levine wants people to be able to tell them apart. Do you know the difference between a cinnamon fern and an ostrich fern? Or a ...

These freshly picked fiddleheads will be ready to cook once they are thoroughly cleaned in cold water and the brown "papery" layer removed from each fern. Credit: Julia Bayly / BDN This story was ...

When the thaw of winter is finally over and spring rolls around, fiddlehead ferns are one of the first things to pop up — the curled fronds of ferns yet to unfurl into their full, leafy shape. One of ...